A keystone document — 'Sobre medios para impedir el deterioro de la Indiada neófita' (see Expanded Entry): Borica proposes a fixed regulation ('pauta fija') of the friars' temporal management of neophytes — catechization, food & clothing per mission means, family housing, dormitories for grown girls, infirmaries, labor by season/age/health, work hours, recreation, and only *moderate* punishment (crimes reserved to the Real Justicia) — 'porque los ministros carecen de una pauta fija sobre su manejo temporal, unos obran de un modo y otros de otro'; ⭐⭐⭐ the evidence: 'el trato de los Indios es muy duro, en la misión de San Francisco llegó á ser cruel, como consta de los documentos que se remiten á V.E.' (names friars incl. José Mª Fernández) → the Indian-raiding dossier keystone document. ⚠ transcribe verbatim
| Date | 1798-10-30 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica |
| To | Virrey Azanza |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp. 441–3 |
| Savage copy page | 429–430 (=105–106) |
| Scan leaf | n430–431 |
| Document type | report |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica to Virrey Azanza, Monterey, 1798-10-30, Provincial Records, V–VII, pp. 441–3, Archives of California, C-A 24, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within V–VII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca24/ca24-d842.html